Katie Ledecky has written a memoir, “Just Add Water,” which will be published on June 11, four days before the U.S. Olympic Swimming Games.
This book “depicts Ledecky's swimming life.” According to Simon and Schuster.
Ledecky, who turns 27 on March 17, said in a statement: “I first started keeping a diary at the age of 14 to track my training for the 2012 London Olympics.” “Last year, as I was flipping through these journals, I realized they contained elements of my wider story about swimming. I also couldn’t be more grateful for the love, support, and encouragement of those who have influenced me. I wanted to show that I don't exist now.”
At the age of 6, Ledecky and his older brother Michael joined the Palisades Porpoise of the Montgomery County Swimming League in their hometown of Maryland.
She quickly showed talent and was selected to her first Olympic team in 2012 at the age of 15. Ledecky, the youngest U.S. Olympian in all events in London, won the 800-meter freestyle.
In the past 12 years, she has won 10 Olympic medals (two behind the all-sport women's swimming record and two short of the U.S. women's record), 26 World Championship medals (women's record), I broke the world record in the 400 meters. 800m and 1500m are free.
Ledecky is already the second-youngest American swimmer to win an Olympic individual gold medal, but this summer she will become the oldest American female swimmer to win an Olympic individual gold medal, by two years. there is a possibility.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
